How to Stay Free of Flu—the first set
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unknown | Posted on Fri Nov 11 2011 9:35am There is a scene in the American sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm that now appears surprisingly prescient,given the current anxiety about avian flu. Larry David and Ben Stiller are being introduced on the set of The Producers when Stiller sneezes,and tries to catch the spray before extending a handshake. David pointedly ignores the preoffered hand,anxious not to becone contaminated with Stiller’s germs,but in the process clearly offending him. Even a few week ago we might have thought David’s behaviour unnecessarily rude,but with dead parrots making the fear of a flu pandemic more immediate may have to change,For it avian avian flu“learns”how to infect humans,like other flu it will be spread in the particles of saliva expelled through coughing and oakley glasses .A sneeze can travel at 80 miles an hour,reaching distances of up to 30 ft away.Just one sneeze can project 100,000 flu particles into the air.How long those particles survive depends on the typr of virus and the environmental conditions.Flu viruses can survive for more than 24 hours but for even longer indoors in winter because indoor air is more humid. Professor John Oxford,a virologist at the Royal London Hospital,has looked at the most effective methods of preventing the transmission of colds and flu and nike sneaker shoes,as well as vaccin |
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